Potato-chopper



(No Model.)

0. E. GOMPTDN. POTATO GHOPPER.

No. 498,684. Patented Mar. 21, 1898.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE..

CURTIS F. COMPTON, OF DAVISON, MICHIGAN.

POTATO--CHOPPERB SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 493,684, dated March 21, 1893. Application filed September 13, 1892. Serial No. 445,733. (No model.)

To all whom it may conccrn:

Be it known that I, CURTIs F. CoMP'roN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Davison, in the county of Genesee and State of Michigan, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Potato Choppers, which is fully set forth in the following specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Fignre 1 represents a perspective view of my invention; Fig. 2, a Vertical central View, taken at the line 2-2, Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a side elevation of one of the interior removable cylinders, with a portion cut away, and Fig. 4 is a bottom view of the same.

The object of my invention is to make a cheap and efticient implement to be used in farniies for Cutting boiled potatoes. It is cnstomary to prepare and cut up boiled potatoes that may be left over and become cold, and rebeat them for the table, andthey are now nsually cut into pieces with a knife, which necessitates taking each potato in one hand and cutting it into pieces with a knife held in the other hand.

With my invention, the potatoes are cut into suitable pieces for rewarrning while they are in a dish or bowl of any kind.

My potato chopper may also be used for cutting pastry or cakes into any desired Shape.

My invention consists in the special const-ruction and combination of the Various parts hereinafter fully descrihed and made the subject matter of the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents a metal cylinder, open at both ends, and strengthened at the top by turning over the edge either with or without a wire.

B, is the handle, which is secured to the cylinder A by soldering, or otherwise.

O, is a cylinder, also open at both ends, one end of which is made considerably smaller than the cylinder A, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. The body of the cylinder (l is made of the size to slip snugly Within the cylinder A, and when placed therein the upper end of it rests against the turned over upper edge of the cylinder'A.

D, is another cylinder, the body of which also fits snugly Within the cylinder A, the same as the cylinder O. The lower end of the cylinder D is smaller than the lower end of the cylinder C, and when it is inserted inside of the cylinder C, the implement may be used for Cutting cakes. The small end or month E of the cylinder D may be used for cnttinga hole in the center of the cake,'while the cylinder A cuts the cake itselt'.

I may make different cylinders With different shaped month-pieces to be used inside of the cylinder A, but they are all made substantally the same as the cylinders O and D so far as being adapted to slide into the cylinderA is concerned, and be held by it when used. I find that the cylinder D, when in' serted in the cylinder A, can also be used as a funnel for; pouring liquids into bottles, or other Vessels.

The interior cylinders can be readily re-v moved and a different one inserted, according to the size and shapeof pieces which it is desired to cut with the cutter. These cylinders can be made very chcaply and readily, and the interior cylinders can be readily removed and another one inserted very readily, adapting the implement to any desired use. These cylinders are cut in blanks, and made by soldering, or otherwise, in any of the wellknown ways of making metal dishes. I preferably make them of tin.

Havng fully described the construction and operation of my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A potato-chopper consisting of, a cylinder A provided with a suitable handle and a removable interior cylinder, the body of which fits closely within the body of the cylinder A by which it is held in position, one end of said interior cylinder being smaller than the other, substantially as specified.

,CURTIS F. COMPTON. Witnesses:

FRED BAND, PEARL COWIN. 

